November 9, 2007

Prince Sues Fans

by Joel Horowitz

Prince SuingPrince is following the fan-demoralizing habit Metallica is so fond of by sending “cease and desist” notices to fans for improper usage of images & songs. Hmm, and isn’t it strange this happens about a couple of weeks after the fan-launched lawsuit involving Universal Music and the 18-month old kid dancing to a rights-managed Prince song?

Seems as if Prince could learn a bit from the anti-copyright, hard-left steering band, Radiohead. But he might not want to take too many tips from them – comScore, the online-measurement company says 60% of fans that downloaded their “pay-if-you-like” In Rainbows album paid nothing for it. Radiohead refutes their findings.

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One Response to “Prince Sues Fans”

  1. Inside Minneapolis Advertising « Agency Spy
    Posted from: 72.232.131.29

    November 12th, 2007 at 12:42 pm

    [...] Lee Lynch, the former CEO of Carmichael Lynch, recently asked, “Has our pilot light gone out? Is the Minneapolis brand on the skids?” Wait. We didn’t know that the city even had a brand. It’s got to be tough living in the Twin Cities. What do you really have - access to the Mall of America and a live-in rockstar who is totally fine with suing all his fans? [...]

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